Dancehall's influences can be heard on many big hits such as Rihanna's Work, Drake's Controlla, Wiley's Boasty (which features Sean Paul) and Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber's I Don't Care. But very few dancehall artists manage to break into the main UK and US music charts. Sean Paul thinks part of the reason is down to the way some Jamaicans speak. "I'm able to speak in a little tongue where someone can understand me," he says. "Sometimes a lot of people still gravitate towards my music and say 'I don't understand what you're saying' but they get the gist of it. "People speaking in hardcore patois, it's kind of hard for people to understand so that's a big factor. "But it's like the Latin music right now. A lot of people here don't speak Spanish but people get it." Sean Paul is hoping to help other dancehall artists make it big - he's just signed Jamaican star Chi Ching Ching to his record label Dutty Rock Productions. He says dancehall music has "set a trend" over the years and is still influencing the current popular sounds - such as reggaeton, pop and afrobeats. He believes the genre will have its own comeback again soon. "What we do comes from Africa but also the vibe that we set, it's been followed right now," he says. "Big up to afrobeats - I love it but I know it's kind of come from what we've done. "Afrobeats didn't sound like that 10 or 12 years ago. "We just feel proud of that fact and we humbly wait for our turn to make the city burn again."
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